Find the offices, shops and clinics before the network goes in
The network, the devices and the support contract get chosen in the fit-out weeks, and a unit that changes hands has its logins and backups in the last owner's name. We tell you which premises are at that point, and what each one points to.
Why timing matters
Food registrations, premises licences, the care regulators' registers and the Department for Education's register of schools each show a premises in the weeks before it opens or just after it changes hands, and the Information Commissioner's register of fee payers shows a business the week it tells the regulator it holds personal data. We read them every day, grade each row for an IT support desk and tag it with the job it points to: a first setup for an office, wifi and devices for a shop or a café, the records system for a clinic or care home, the network and devices for a new school, secure email and backups for a business new on the ICO's register, or Cyber Essentials, the NCSC's scheme, for a business that has just won a public contract to hold people's records and is usually asked how it keeps them safe.
What we tell you
The moments that matter for you:
| Coming | A business is about to open: a licence applied for, a unit being fitted out, a new company set up to trade from the address. |
| Just moved in | A business has started at premises that had nobody in them: a new ratepayer, a new food business, a newly registered care home, nursery, surgery or garage. |
| Changed hands | A new operator at premises that were already trading: a pub, shop or care home under new ownership, often keeping the old name on the door. |
How to use it
Work the offices and clinics first, then the shops and cafés. The job column says what you'd offer before you ring; the reason column says why now.
Coverage
The national registers cover every council in Great Britain. On top of those, 35 councils publish a business rates list we can use and 10 a licensing register (as of 25 September 2026), and we add councils as they give permission. Northern Ireland isn't in the file yet. Where the data comes from.
Built for selling within the rules: businesses not people, every row with its source and date, and nothing your team can't explain to someone who asks. How it's done.
Had your free fortnight? Subscribe here and the files carry on: a region for £250 a month, and you can stop at any month's end. You choose the region and what you sell at the checkout.
Questions
Do you know what systems they have?
No. That isn't public. We tell you the site, the business, what happened there and when, and the job it points to.
How is this different from buying a list?
A list is a snapshot of businesses that exist. This is what changed yesterday: who moved in, who took over, who left. A bought list can't tell you any of that, and it's out of date the day it arrives.
How do you find them?
From public registers, read every day and kept, so we can see when something changes at an address. The sources are on the sources page. How we put them together is ours, and we don't publish it.
Is there personal data in it?
Almost none. The file is about businesses and premises: no director names, no home addresses. Where a business publishes only a named address on its own website, the daily file carries it in a marked column, as the privacy notice says; a sample never does. Where a phone number or a mailbox is public, we say where it came from.
Can we email or ring them?
Limited companies and LLPs can be emailed without prior consent under PECR, if you say who you are and give a way to opt out. Phone numbers are yours to screen against the TPS and CTPS before you ring.
What does it cost?
£250 a month for a region, or £1,000 a month for the whole of Great Britain, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end. The first two weeks are free, so your team can try it on real rows before paying anything.
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